what is it that makes me want to disrupt dandelions?
scatter congregates of delicate
into frantic disarray
just to see where they’ll lay
.
i have wild silver in my veins
scorched sublingual stains
i am an errant child grown
into a childlike woman
defining my own
..
the script of my life
shall be scrawled with charcoal tip
and when expunged
by the torrents of time
carbon ash, crumbled, finally freed
buoyant, in breeze swirling
with dandelion seed
Beautiful
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You are sweet! Thank you 😊💗
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The way you are…
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😌💜💜
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I relally love this Diana, image and words! Dandelion seeds bring out the child in me, too! 🙂
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Dear Pete… so grateful for such positive words! I’m sure if we were hanging out as children we would have laughed and run amok amongst the dandelions 😊😊
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My pleasure, Diana, and I am sure we would have done just that 🙂
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Oh what a vision…! I’ve had similar thoughts around dandelions myself…whimsical and wondrous… well done, my friend!! 💕🌸
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Great comment K! Don’t just have those thoughts, ravage those full dandelion heads … they need our help haha 😀💗
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Best part of them is sending those heads off into the great beyond, D! 😂💜
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I agree … just remember to wear eye protection (while laughing hysterically!). 💗💗
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*puts on my sunnies* you got it, dudette! *cackles merrily* 😎😎😎
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High five to one helluva fun dudette! 😊💟 ✋
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Wonderful Diana,
also I like your smile . Stay positive
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Dear Ben! My smile grew to gigantic proportions with your words. Warm hugs to you! 🌸😌💜
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Wow! Love this, Diana. 🙂
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Eric! I’m elated with your response … you lovely man you! 😊
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Dandelions make me happy when I see them! What a beautiful poem!
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I can feel the elation in your words B…right there with you 😁💜💜
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Beautiful with a lot of delicate that you infuse it with as always!
What is more beautiful then, Us with our delicate threads of definitions bound to the core or Us when we allow the threads to freely fly into the expanse, as if our essence pervading into the Universe?
Beautiful space I am immersed in with your poetry …
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Oh my goodness, lovely lovely lady…. the beauty of your comment, and the heart underneath momentarily takes me breath. Welcome beautiful …. always so welcome 🙏🏻❤️❤️
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I am floating in the same beautiful space you create dear friend …that comment was bound to happen 🙂
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You are a treasure and I’m very lucky to know you 🌸😌💜
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Ditto 🙂
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😘💐💐
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This is beautiful
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I can’t stop smiling … thank you kind soul 🌸💜
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Good
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but what if my face cramps? 😉
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Lol
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Mystical … draws me in.
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I’m thrilled to have you comment Jazz! Thanks 😌💟
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I love those last lines. The bittersweet image of ash floating through the breeze mixed with the seeds of future life is beautiful, if maybe a little morbid. Then again it wouldn’t be your gorgeous style without it. 😄💕
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Such a great comment to read from you Peter; your effusive compliments reign supreme.
So selfless you are!
Thank you (you can’t possibly know how much 😘💟🤣🤣
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There is definitely something about dandelions…I’ll join you!
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Delighted V.J! A footloose frolic shall be ours!🌸😊
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Beautiful, almost Buddhist in perspective. A wonderful testament on how to truly live… to just be dissolved into the natural world.
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Thanks Steve and so well spoken! Such a perspective makes me almost calm in the face of the unknown.
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The last stanza is stunning… very happy for Vanessa to introduce us!
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She’s my favourite coulrophobe! ❤
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🤡🚫
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As of today, I have a new favourite from the works of the Wandering Armadillo! ❤😍
“finally freed
buoyant, in breeze swirling
with dandelion seed”
You start with a simple thought and build it to magnanimous proportions here, making it something beyond poetry! So rich in its expression, such well woven imagery as usual, evoking multifarious thoughts! Claps for you my dearest friend 👏
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Someone is sitting with hands clasped….smiling, and a bit red in the cheeks. But what a thrill to have your words before me. Humbled and happy! 🌸💜💜
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Brilliant, and I totally agree with Isha’s wonderful assessment of your glorious poem.
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What imagery and what words. Loved it
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So grateful for your kind words Shantanu! Have a wonderful weekend!
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My pleasure. Have a great weekend
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Beautiful. You are an errant child at heart grown into a childlike woman. Never lose that feeling. I have always been intrigued by the dandelions, their flight in the air and you have knitted that feeling along with your desires so beautifully. Love you, my friend. Happy weekend!
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Oh!! Your words, so warm and a joy to dwell in. Love you too dear lady! Be well!! 💗💗💐💐
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You too.Love and Hugs.
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I savor the flavor of your wordsmanship, the inhaling and exhaling of the beautiful stroke fanciful features found in your poetry
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Oh my goodness .. I adore the way you write and the phrases you use. Always such a pleasure to read your feedback … I look forward to reading you again after being offline more than usual (vacation etc) ….. 💟😊
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look forward to being read by you… I am honored and humbled at the same time
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You started with a thought so wandering yet so inviting for you to bring yourself in question, how you have lived, probably proud or probably vacillating….yet you attain an immortality with the carbon ash from your chapters of life flowing and settling into every particle of this existence, patching the hearts of the ones you laugh with…. 🙂
I loved how you have have spinned three different scenes, thoughts together. The last stanza is mind blowing , the closure was exceptional and a surprise for me.
Immortality is not to breathe forever. It is to live forever .In memories. And yours is safe with me…. ❤ ❤ ❤
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In a year of writing this blog, I have had the fortune of both kind and thought provoking comments and I’m ever grateful. The support of strangers who fast become friends.
And tonight, with you … something I shall always remember. How easily your last paragraph brings me to tears! It’s one of the most moving things anyone has ever said to me and I shall not forget that it was you, sweet Shefali, who spoke it ….. ❤️❤️
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Pleasure was all mine… reading your work and closing my eyes with dandelions twinkling in the sky…..
Such a dreamy state I end up in….!
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So special you are …. thanking you today and ever more …
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❤
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you profound seer, you! How you scatter but then re weave into such beautiful wordsmithing.
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Oh this comment rates a solid WOW on my Diana appreciation scale! Woot! 🤗
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haha I’m so glad! You deserve all praise. And definitely cake 🍰
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What an amazing piece you wrote there ! 😍😍😍
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My sweet Namra, so delighted to hear such wonderful feedback … 😊🤗
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I had been missing your magic a lot ! This made my day 💖💖💖
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Heart swelling and smile expanding moment reading this!!💜💜💜
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Like always ! Winning hearts ❣️❣️❣️
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You are a sunshine moment in my afternoon! Thank you sweet Dr Namra 👏🏻🙋🏻♀️❤️
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What a metaphor writing queen 👑
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